COMM 121 Study Guide - Gfk Entertainment Charts, Mass Media, Heterosexuality
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Gender and sexuality often (incompletely) equated to mean women and. Beyond male/female: gender non attachment, queer, gender neutrality. We have, throughout history, dealt with gender by male/female labels. Even with progressive treatment, we are still very comfortable with male/female labels. We like to name and categorize - we are limited when we think about gender. Gender does not need to be linked to sexuality . We don"t need to announce heterosexuality, but we do need to come out as homosexual or gender neutral. All bodies possess gender, all bodies possess sexuality. Women have largely been marginalized in the mass media. Control and creation of media is largely by men. Women are less likely to be cast as leading roles, have fewer speaking lines, have lower-status jobs, more often shown in the home in domestic roles. First female movie director wins an academy award in 2009. For a film that perpetuates the male masculinity role.